Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals and is possibly the best swimmer there ever was. He won the one-hundred and two-hundred meter butterflies, the one-hundred, two-hundred, four-hundred, and eight-hundred meter free-syle, and the four-hundred meter medley relay.
Mark Spitz won a total of 7 gold medals ( 4 individual and 3 relay ) for the USA in 1972. All his events were won in world record time. This record for any swimmer lasted until Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in Beijing 2008.
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Mark set single swimmer world records in 100 meter freestyle, 200 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly, and 200 meter butterfly. He and the U.S. team set world records in 4x100 meter freestyle relay, 4x200 meter freestyle relay, and 4x100 meter medley relay.
Spitz won two gold medals in the 1968 Games. Those were in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay and the 4x200 meter freestyle relay.
That was the 1972 Games in Munich. His record of 7 gold medals in a single Olympic Games stood until the 2008 Games in Beijing when swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States won 8 gold.
Mark Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 1 bronze medal, for a total of 11 Olympic medals.
Michael Phelps (6 gold, 2 bronze)
Mark Spitz won 7 gold metals, representing the US, in the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, Germany which was part of the former East Germany.
He broke Mark Spitz record of 7 gold medals.
Mark Spitz, winning 7 medals, then a new record. This record has since been pasted by Alexander Dityatin in 1980 and Michael Phelps in 2004 and 2008; both athletes have won 8 medals in a single Olympics. But Spitz would retain the title of most gold medals until 2008 as Dityatin won 3 gold 5 silver and a bronze in 1980. Phelps won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic game in 2008, which set a new record of most gold medals in a single Olympic.
Mark Spitz of the United States with 7 gold medals won at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
Mark Spitz is famous for winning seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, Germany.
Mark Spitz made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad.
Michael Phelps (6 gold, 2 bronze)
Mark Spitz.
Mark Spitz was at one time a 9 time Olympic champion in swimming. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he won seven gold medals. He is currently a motivational speak and corporate spokesperson. He also works as a stock broker. He lives in California with his wife Suzy and sons Matthew and Justin.
Mark Spitz won 11 medals (9 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) in his Olympic career. He won four (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City and seven (7 gold) at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in swimming.
Mark Spitz won 2 gold medals at the 1968 Games in Mexico City and 7 gold medals at the 1972 Games in Munich.
Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz
Winning 7 Gold medals at a single Olympics.